I know I shit on SF bread a lot, but it just feels like Boudin and Tartine style breads (which I deeply dislike) are just one style of bread out of many. And they’ve convinced everyone that that is the only bread that can be called bread. That’s a bit like saying all beers should be IPA. I love IPA, but I don’t like sour and hard bread.
I’ve recently had sourdough elsewhere and I am okay with it so it is definitely the style that I really react badly towards